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Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Ely Mound Alternative Name: Ely Mound Archaeological SiteCountry: United States
NOTE: This site is 67.22 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: The South Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Rose Hill, Lee County, VA
Latitude: 36.653450N Longitude: 83.40052W
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3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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Ely Mound is a historic burial mound located near Rose Hill, Lee County, Virginia. It is considered the best-preserved Mississippian culture site in Virginia.
The mound dates to the Late Woodland-Mississippian Period (AD 1200–1650)[2], during which more complex societies and practices evolved, including chiefdoms and religious ceremonies. Often, temples, elite residences, and council buildings stood atop substructure or townhouse mounds such as Ely Mound. (Decaying cedar posts remained in the ground in the late 1800s, and were frequently struck by plows). Lucien Carr, assistant curator of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology in Boston, led an excavation here in 1877. At that time, the mound measured 300 feet in circumference, and 19 feet in height. Excavation lasted a little over two weeks, with skeletons, pottery, and arrowheads of white flint being unearthed. Unfortunately, one man was killed within a few feet of the bottom of the mound when the shaft he had been digging in collapsed. Several other men were injured. The mound has remained undisturbed until a 2019 excavation led by Maureen Meyers, a professor at the University of Mississippi.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]
References:
1. National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
3. Virginia's First Peoples Past and Present: Ely Mound. Prince William Network / Virginia Department of Education. 2013. Archived from the original on May 11, 2013.
Further reading and information:
Wikipedia
Encyclopedia Virginia
Directions:
From Rose Hill, Lee County, VA via Dr. Thomas Walker Rd., US 58, south 2.3 mi.
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